Veruturris quadricarinata
Veruturris quadricarinata is an extinct species of marine gastropod mollusc in the superfamily Conoidea, currently unassigned to a family. Fossils of the species date to the middle Miocene, and are found in the Port Phillip Basin, and the Muddy Creek Formation of Victoria, Australia.
Description
In the original description, Powell described the species' as follows:
The holotype of the species measures in height and in diameter.
Taxonomy
The species was first described by A.W.B. Powell in 1944 under the name Xenuroturris quadricarinatus. When Veruturris was raised to genus level by Powell in 1964, the species began being referred to as Veruturris quadricarinatus or its currently accepted name, Veruturris quadricarinata. The holotype was collected from the Altona Shaft in Altona, Victoria on an unknown date prior to 1944, and is held by the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Distribution
This extinct marine species occurs in middle Miocene strata of the Gellibrand Formation of the Port Phillip Basin, and the Muddy Creek Formation of Clifton Bank, Hamilton, Victoria.